MF Global claims account for £27m of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme’s £60m interim levy.

Wrap platform Ascentric has announced it has reached £4bn in assets under administration and added 50 new firms.

Aegon has become the first provider to agree to run integrated auto-enrolment support with Nest.

The Work and Pensions Select Committee believes the cap on contributions to auto-enrolment pensions should be lifted.

One in four consumers would be willing to pay for financial advice, according to AXA Wealth.

Hector Sants, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, is to leave the regulator at the end of June.

All eyes will be on the House of Commons on Wednesday 21 March when Chancellor George Osborne delivers his eagerly anticipated 2012 Budget.

As planners make their final checks and changes before 5 April, Lloyds TSB has found over half of savers have not yet used up their full Isa allowance.

It is forecast that Chancellor George Osborne will cut the 50p tax rate to 45p in his Budget today.

The Chancellor George Osborne is expected to close a loophole on stamp duty in the Budget this Wednesday, 21 March.